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Belmont Park on Thursday: entries, odds and picks for all 8 races

The Belmont Park card for Thursday, Oct 22, 2026 has 8 races starting at 1:10 PM ET. We picked every race; click any race for the full field, odds and reasoning.

All 8 Belmont Park races at a glance

RacePost (ET)ConditionsTop pickValue playResult
Race 11:10 PM1 1/16 Miles dirtAllowanceFedupwiththefed 8-5Lady Wisdom 5-1Fedupwiththefed ($2.96)
Race 21:41 PM6 Furlongs dirtClaimingAbrigado 4-5Waitin'onasunnyday 15-1Waitin'onasunnyday ($29.66)
Race 32:15 PM7 Furlongs turfMaiden Special WeightHe's My Kind 9-5Bamboozie 10-1Spherical ($61.52)
Race 42:48 PM6 Furlongs dirtClaimingEmerald Ember 7-5Amelia's Echo 8-1Emerald Ember ($3.02)
Race 53:22 PM6 Furlongs inner turfMaiden Special WeightLiberty's Advance 5-2Gallipoli Girl 15-1Great Happenings ($6.82)
Race 63:56 PM1 Mile turfMaiden ClaimingMajestic Moonlight 7-2No Difference 50-1Just Tell Anne ($10.90)
Race 74:30 PM1 1/16 Miles dirtClaimingExpensive Cut 2-1Laughing Boy 20-1Jackson Heights ($5.54)
Race 85:04 PM1 1/8 Miles inner turfClaimingExonerate 9-5Mosconi 20-1Exonerate ($3.40)

Best bet of the day at Belmont Park

Best bet: Abrigado (4-5) in Race 2. The 4-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat. Manuel Franco has won 50 of 228 rides (22%) at New York tracks in our records. Race 2 picks and odds

Value play of the day: No Difference (50-1) in Race 6. At 50-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.

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